The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-04-21
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county.
Four prisoners in the Jail at Lamar, Mo-,
escaped on the 18th by saving bar OF in
the corridor, going through the plank floor
and outside of the stone foundation.
The New Albany Qnd.) closed pouch,
which left the Louisville post-ofice on the
18th, was robbed at the Jeffersonville, Mad
ison & Indianapolis depot. The pouch was
found upon the platform open and rifled Of
its contents The extent of the loss is not
yet known.
The entire business portion of All nsworth
Ia, was swept by fire on the 14th. More
than twenty business houses and several
dwellings were consumed. The loss is esti
mated at from $4,000 to SIS, 900, with light
insurance.
The twenty-second anniversary of the
death of Abraham Lincoln was commemor-
ated in the Illinois Hall Of Representatives
on the 18th. The exercises continued over
two hours and were largely attended. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Bishop Seymour,
of the Springfield diocese and Hon. W. II.
Cullom, member of the House Of Represent
atives.
The Delaware Legislature has passed q
bill absolutely prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of all kinds of imitation and adul-
terated butter.
The official canvass of the vote Of Goebic
County, Mich, makes the majority in the
State against Prohibition, 2, 155 An investi-
cation has failed to sustain the alleged
charges Of fraud in that county.
A military court of inquiry has been
called at Fort Robinson, Neb. to investigate
the case Of Major Bash, paymaster Of the
Init tod fofa yhn In
robbed of 1850 by highwaymen in Wyo-
ming. The question will then be settled
whether Major Bash was criminally negli-
gent in handling the funds.
The Robbins natural gas well near Lima,
O., was shot with eighty quarts of nitro
glycerine on the 18th with wonderful re-
suits. The previous flow from the we'll was
100000 cubic feet daily, and the shot in
creased it to 100000 cubic feet daily.
The owners have several thousand acres
leased around the well and will sink new
ones at once.
L. ]. Labour, police Judge Of Des Moines,
Ia, has fed to Canada to escape from the
consequences Of a misappropriation Of q
large amount of money collected during the
three years Of his services as judge. His
shortage is estimated at 81 900.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Late advices from the Dutch East Indies
say that the Dutch had an encounter with
natives in Acheen on the 4th inst, and that
the Achinees fed after sharp engage
ment, leaving thirty-three dead. The Dutch
loss was three killed and twenty six
wounded.
The Chinese government has decided to
make Shanghai the chief military depot Of
the Empire, and an immense arsenal and
other ordnance buildings will shortly be
constructed there.
The steamer Saragossa, for Port Antonio
from Baltimore, was abandoned at sea on
the 22d ult. All on board were rescued by
passing vessels.
Oficial returns just published show that
the number of agrarian crimes committed
in Ireland in 1884, were 76S, in 1885. 944, and
in 1886, 1,056.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says that
the Russian government is contemplating
immediate issuance of a new loan to the
amount Of 100, ,000, 900 roubles.
The packet steamer Victoria, with ninety
passengers on board, went ashore on the
rocks at Dieppe, France, during fog on
the 18th, and twenty persons were drowned.
It was believed the vessel would prove a
total wreck.
The officials of the Canadian department
of Indian affairs say that no information
has been received by them tending to con-
firm the rumors of Indian troubles along
the Northwest frontier.
Archbishop Croke, Of Cashel, and all the
priests in his diocese have signed a me-
mortal protesting against coercion. The
memorial declares that the promulgation OF
the coercion laws now before Parliament,
will lead to commission of greater crimes
than have yet been perpetrated.
The Dominion Parliament opened on the
18th with the usual ceremonies. In his ad.
dress the Governor General says that ''nego-
tiations are in progress between her Males
ty's Government and the United States rela-
tive to the fisheries questions, which it is be
lieved will result in an arrangement honor
| able and satisfactory to both nations"
Mcclellan & Co., bankers, Of st. Johns,
N. B., assigned on the 14th with liabilities
of nearly $5O0, 900. The senior partner was
president of the Maritime Bank, and it was
the suspension Of this bank that caused the
failure Many of the depositors were
| widows and orphans.
The miners of Northumberland County,
England, have decided by a vote of 4, 100 to
| 5000 to continue on strike.